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Patent GB-2110366-A (GB)
Title: Dot percentage measuring device
Inventor: MITSUHASHI YUJI
IPC: G01N21/86
Filed: 1982-11-03
Abstract: In a printing process in which tones are produced by dots of various sizes, the "dot percentage" is one of the important factors which determine the quality of the printed matter, and accordingly it is essential to control the dot percentage throughout the printing process from makeup to printing. A dot percentage measuring device comprises a body 20 and a light receiving cylinder 10 mounted on a supporting arm 21 which is cantilevered from the device body 20. The body 20 carries electrical display meter 22. Internally, light transmitted through the test piece 6 is directed to a photoelectric converter in the body 20 and the electrical output of the converter is displayed on the meter 22. The light passed through the test piece represents the dot percentage. A correction circuit to correct for the non-linear relationship between light transmittivity and dot percentage is also disclosed. The device may also include means for subtracting a first light signal from a later second signal, to indicate a change in dot percentage at 40. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2111084-A (GB)
Title: Strip pickling tank
Inventor: SCHWEINSBERG BERNHARD
IPC: C23G3/02
Filed: 1982-11-26
Abstract: In a tank for pickling strip, said tank being filled with pickling liquid and the strip being drawn longitudinally therethrough, the base, which consists of acid-resistant ceramic material, is provided with transversely extending slide ribs (1) which extend practically as far as the side walls of the tank. The slide ribs, the front edges (5) of which are not higher than the level of the base lining (7), have a parabolically asymptotically extending surface (3) with a portion extending parallel to the strip. The slide ribs advantageously consist of Ruhr hard sandstone, have a width of about 400 mm and are spaced about 3 000 mm apart. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2114928-A (GB)
Title: Remdial of flash in a continuous casting process
Inventor: HINDS RONALD
IPC: B22D31/00
Filed: 1983-01-28
Abstract: In the continuous casting of copper bar, the bar B emerging from a casting wheel and traveling to a rolling mill, whilst within its hot working temperature range, passes through a cutting device comprising a pair (1) of cutting wheels (2) positioned on opposite sides of the advancing cast bar and rotatably driven about their axes. Each of the rotatably driven cutting wheels (2) has around its circumference a cutting edge which is urged into continuous engagement with an edge of the advancing cast bar B to cut flash material from the bar. The useful life of the cutting wheels (2) is substantially greater than that of fixedly mounted blades hitherto employed for this purpose.
Patent GB-2115510-A (GB)
Title: Screw shortenable without damaging the thread
Inventor: VERGES CASES JOSE
IPC: F16B35/04
Filed: 1983-01-28
Abstract: A screw provided with a threaded shank 1 interrupted at spaced intervals T by successive grooves 5 which define weak areas along the stud 1 for enabling a cut to be made to shorten the screw to a required length without damaging the thread. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2118751-A (GB)
Title: Circuit arrangement in typewriters or similar machines with a large stock of characters
Inventor: BRENDES HORST
IPC: G06F3/01
Filed: 1983-04-20
Abstract: In a typewriter or like machine with a large stock of characters, the typewriter or like machine having an input keyboard (1), an input register (2) providing an output of code words representing characters from the character stock and an indicating device (8) for representing at least one character, a circuit arrangement is provided in which some of the code words are ambiguous and represent more than one character, means are provided for representing the associated characters on the indicating device (8) and selection means (17, 18) are provided enabling selection from the associated characters for further processing. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2127544-A (GB)
Title: Measuring tension
Inventor: JARRY JEAN-PIERRE
IPC: G01L5/04
Filed: 1983-09-06
Abstract: Method and apparatus for continuously measuring the tension of a moving product e.g. yarn or sheet, wherein a moving product 2 is subjected to transverse vibrations between two fixed supports over a predetermined length of its path between set supports, and the vibrations are detected remotely by an optical system 6-9 including a laser 6. A signal representative of the detected vibrations is transmitted to an electronic servo system (Fig. 6) which controls the exciting system which may, for example, be a loudspeaker (1) or a ceramic finger to maintain resonance. The signal also is fed to a display system (16, 17) which indicates the tension, which may be deduced from the resonant frequency of the product or one of the harmonics thereof. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2152336-A (GB)
Title: Television receivers
Inventor: WESTWOOD JAMES ST VALENTINE
IPC: H04N3/185
Filed: 1983-09-15
Abstract: In a small, portable, battery operated television receiver having an electrostatically focussed and deflected cathode ray display tube, distortion of the display resulting from changes in the battery voltage as the battery becomes discharged are reduced by deriving all focusing and deflection voltages applied to the tube directly from the battery without stabilisation or regulation. The voltages for the tube are derived from the battery in such ways that they are proportional to the battery voltage and therefore the relationships between them are substantially maintained. The heater of the cathode ray tube may be supplied via a transformer energised by the battery voltage switched at line frequency and the line frequency pulses applied to the heater so as to cut off the beam during line flyback. The invention may be applied to cathode ray tube displays having sources other than a battery, whilst retaining the advantage of power saving resulting from the omission of voltage regulation circuitry.
Patent GB-2128663-A (GB)
Title: Trailing suction dredger
Inventor: BROUWER JAN
IPC: E02F3/92
Filed: 1983-10-17
Abstract: A trailing suction dredger for working a subaqueous bottom comprises a floating vessel, a suction pipe 5 suspended from the vessel, and a trailing head 11 attached to the pipe. The trailing has a row of teeth 15 attached to it by means of a frame 18 which is vibrated by a vibrator 69 to increase the penetrating force when dredging stony bottoms. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2132427-A (GB)
Title: An on-off arrangement in a digital controller
Inventor: FRENCH MICHAEL PETER
IPC: H03K17/60
Filed: 1983-12-21
Abstract: In a battery operated, remote transmitter for a consumer instrument, such as a television or a video disc or tape player, a microprocessor 25 controls operation of the transmitter. The collector current path of an on-off transistor Q3 is (TR1, Fig. 2) coupled between the battery 23 and a voltage supply terminal Vcc of the microprocessor. To power up the microprocessor, a keyboard switch 21 in the transmitter is depressed in order to ground the base of the on-off transistor Q3 and turn on the transistor. To maintain the on-off transistor conductive, another transistor (TR2), (Fig. 2), forms a regenerative loop latch with the on-off transistor (TR1), or a pair of transistors (Q4, Q5 in a regenerative loop form a latch 27, responsive to the base current of the on-off transistor. After completion of the transmitter signaling, the microprocessor switches an output port D3, to the ground state. The output port is coupled to the regenerative loop and bypasses current therefrom to initiate the regenerative deactivation of the latch. With the latch deactivated, conduction of the on-off transistor (Q3) is cut off and the voltage supply terminal of the microprocessor is thereby disconnected from the battery to power down the transmitter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2133855-A (GB)
Title: Timber fastening bracket
Inventor: WILKINSON NEIL ROGER
IPC: F16B12/14
Filed: 1984-01-20
Abstract: A bracket is provided particularly for assembling perpendicular wooden furniture components, the bracket having two perpendicular flanges (6, 7) with integral teeth (14) cracked out of the planes thereof and an intermediate section (8) joining the two flanges (6, 7). the intermediate section has an aperture therein to allow the passage of a bolt (13), or like fastener therethrough. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2154540-A (GB)
Title: Labels in the form of an envelope
Inventor: INSTANCE DAVID JOHN
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 1984-02-24
Abstract: A label in the form of an envelope formed from a single folded sheet, the sheet being divided into a row of three rectilinear panels, the middle panel having at one longitudinal edge thereof a lower panel and at the other longitudinal edge thereof an upper panel which is separated from the middle panel by a line of perforations, the envelope being formed by folding the two outer panels of the row and the lower panel over the rear face of the middle panel so that the envelope is closed either by adhering the rear face of the envelope to a surface or by folding the upper panel or a portion thereof over the rear face of the middle panel, whereby the envelope so closed can be opened by tearing along the line of perforations.
Patent GB-2156848-A (GB)
Title: Fuel additive
Inventor: BRAZIER JOHN RICHARD TINDALL
IPC: C10L1/18
Filed: 1984-03-15
Abstract: Combinations of an ashless dispersant, an oil soluble phenolic compound and an oil soluble amine are used as additives for distillate fuels to reduce the corrosion of storage tanks and lines and to improve the oxidation stability of the fuel and reduce deposits forming on combustion.
Patent GB-2141994-A (GB)
Title: A label
Inventor: INSTANCE DAVID JOHN
IPC: G09F3/02
Filed: 1984-06-21
Abstract: A label for affixing to a container comprising a longitudinal strip 2 divided into a series of panels (10, 11, 12, 13) by a plurality of transverse fold lines (14, 15, 16), the first two panels (10, 11) forming a front cover 10 and a back cover 11 respectively for enveloping the remaining panel or panels (12, 13) of the strip 2 when folded, the transverse fold lines (14, 15, 16) being spaced along the strip 2 so that upon folding of the strip the said remaining panel or panels is or are folded to lie over the back cover 11 and is or are in turn covered by folding of the front cover 10 about the fold line 14 between the front and back covers; and a support web 26 to which the said back cover 11 is adhered, the support web 26 being dimensioned to extend laterally at least beyond the edge of the back cover which occurs at the fold line 15  between the back cover 11 and the remaining panel or panels, (12, 13) the front cover panel 10 being dimensioned so that its free outer edge 18 opposite to the fold line 14 between the front and back cover panels extends beyond the area of the support web occupied by the back cover 11 thereby to form an overlapping portion 22, the area of the support web 26 which in use lies below the said overlapping portion 22 being provided with adhesive 24 for securing the front cover panel in a closed condition, and the front cover panel 10 being arranged to be torn or otherwise opened to give access to the interior of the folded label.
Patent GB-2151771-A (GB)
Title: Cooking apparatus
Inventor: LIU FERGUS YUEN TUNG
IPC: F24C13/00
Filed: 1984-07-17
Abstract: Cooking apparatus of the kind having a working surface (1) and a number of apertures beneath which respective gas burners (4) are provided for heating respective 'Woks'. So that the gas can be used in an efficient manner, a water jacket (16) surrounds each aperture, connections being provided to and from the apparatus for the connection of pipes through which water can be circulated through the water jacket (16) and through radiators for space heating purposes, and there being an upstanding rim around each aperture and an upstanding rim (28) around the entire working surface, with an outlet drain at the lowest part of the working surface. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2162284-A (GB)
Title: A torsion damping device
Inventor: MAYCOCK I C
IPC: F16F15/123
Filed: 1984-07-27
Abstract: A torsion damping device such as a driven plate for a clutch comprises a driven disc for connection to a splined input shaft (11A) of a gearbox, and a pair of driving discs (17A, 18A) drivingly connected to the driven disc by a number of circumferentially spaced springs (31A). The driven disc is not connected to a splined boss as is usual but has splines 19A formed directly in it for engagement with the input shaft (11A). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2145915-A (GB)
Title: Milk liner claw tube protector
Inventor: BOAST DAVID
IPC: A01J5/04
Filed: 1984-08-30
Abstract: A milk liner claw tube protector 6 consists of a flexible sleeve 7 which fits over the end of a claw tube 3 which receives a claw nipple 1. The sleeve 7 has ribs 11 which extend inwardly towards the tube 3 so that an air pocket 10 is defined between the sleeve 7 and the claw tube 3. When the claw tube 3 bends, the sleeve also bends, but the ribs 11 maintain a gap between them. Therefore, even if an impact occurs when the tube 3 is bent, there will be absorption of the impact by the ribs 11 thereby reducing the risk of damage to the claw tube. One end 9 of the sleeve 7 seals to the claw tube and the other end 8 seals to the claw nipple 1 as this arrangement is easier to assemble than if the sleeve 7 fits completely over the claw tube 3. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2164972-A (GB)
Title: Wall or ceiling panel arrangement
Inventor: LOUWERENS CORNELIS
IPC: E04B9/22
Filed: 1984-11-05
Abstract: A panel arrangement comprising a support structure 10, 12, and includes panels 14 having upturned rims 18. Mounted between the panels 14 are further panels 20 of a bulbous cross-section which are retained in position by their resilience, gutter-shaped retaining elements (24 Fig 2) engaging the edges of the panels 14. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2153435-A (GB)
Title: Cylinder with leakage prevention mechanism
Inventor: KUKUMINATO TETSUO
IPC: F16J15/16
Filed: 1985-01-25
Abstract: A cylinder (20) with a leakage prevention mechanism includes a tube member (22), a cover member (24) covering an end (26) of the tube member, a piston (36) reciprocably movable in the tube member, a piston rod (38) connected to the piston and slidably extending through the cover member, and means (44, 50) disposed outside of the tube for collecting a fluid leaked from the tube member and deposited on a peripheral wall surface of the piston rod. The means comprises a fluid collecting groove (44) defined in the cover member or an auxiliary member detachably mounted on the cover member. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2172651-A (GB)
Title: Sealing wet cylinder liners in cylinder blocks
Inventor: JOHNSON FREDERICK STANLEY
IPC: F16J15/14
Filed: 1985-03-19
Abstract: A groove or grooves, 9a,b to 12a,b extend around the periphery of the liners and sealant is spread around each groove to seal the lower end of the jacket by being forced into an inlet communicating with the groove, whereupon it travels around the groove before emerging from an outlet. The grooves may be formed in the block and/or liners. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2158245-A (GB)
Title: System for determining the free point of pipe stuck in a borehole
Inventor: STROUD STANLEY G
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 1985-03-20
Abstract: A system for determining the stuck point of pipe in a borehole includes a wireline tool having an exciter coil and a detector coil axially spaced from one another. The exciter coil 61 is driven by an oscillator 81 at a preselected low frequency, and the resulting voltage induced into the receiver coil 63 is related to the magnetic permeability of a pipe 60 through which the tool is run. A detector coil voltage log is run of the section of pipe 60 in the region of the stuck point firstly while that region is substantially free of mechanical stress. A second log of the same region is then run with the pipe 60 under mechanical stress. Comparison of the two logs recorded by a recorder 88 determines the stuck point from the difference in magnetic permeability of the stressed pipe above the stuck point and the unstressed pipe below the stuck point. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2158325-A (GB)
Title: A method and apparatus for facilitating alignment of images
Inventor: KITAGAWA OSAMU
IPC: B41F33/00
Filed: 1985-04-25
Abstract: Register marks for aligning colour separation images mounted on a transparent substrate e.g. a layout sheet comprise complementary shapes viz. crosses A on yellow separation TA and crosses B on magenta separation TB. The marks A, are provided on non-image areas of the separations during the scanning of the original by utilising synchronising pulses to produce linear images parallel to the main- and sub-scanning axes. By inverting the signals, negative crosses B can be formed. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174645-A (GB)
Title: Marking implement
Inventor: PRIETO JOSEPH
IPC: A63F3/06
Filed: 1985-05-10
Abstract: A marking implement for making a succession of identical imprints of a predetermined pattern (preferably circles) on an article such as a "bingo" card, the implement comprising an elongate stem (1) containing an ink reservoir (2) which communicates with an applicator (3) which is preferably defined by an O- ring (4). A cap is provided to protect the applicator when not in use. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2281958-A (GB)
Title: Release of daughter missiles
Inventor: DUNN ALBERT
IPC: F42B12/62
Filed: 1985-03-18
Abstract: Daughter missiles 11 are catapulted forward from a mother missile 10 when a rocket motor 12 of the mother no longer accelerates the missiles. A catapult force generated at a piston head 43 by the pressure of gas from the rocket motor on rearward facing surfaces 26 of the daughters is large enough to shear pins 34 holding the daughters to the mother, but only when the forces of reaction of the daughters 11 on the piston 43, due to acceleration, have fallen off. Preferably the daughters are thrown outwardly at release, most preferably by axial spinning of the structure of the mother to which they are mounted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2166956-A (GB)
Title: Preservative composition for wood
Inventor: LEACH ROBERT M
IPC: A01N59/20
Filed: 1985-04-02
Abstract: Method and composition for preserving wood and other cellulose based materials against destructive organisms responsible for rot and decay, namely fungus and insects. The composition comprises an aqueous ammoniacal solution of a preservative metal compound and an organic acid selected from the group consisting of aliphatic dicarboxilic acids containing 2-10 carbon atoms per molecule, aliphatic mono, di or tricaboxilic hydroxy acids containing 2-6 carbon atoms per molecule or a mixture of these acids and/or their salts. The preservative composition may be applied by dipping, soaking, spraying, brushing or by any other well known means including vacuum and/or pressure applications.
Patent GB-2188146-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for detecting micro-organisms
Inventor: ACKLAND MARTIN ROBERT
IPC: C12M1/28
Filed: 1986-03-19
Abstract: Apparatus for detecting micro-organisms comprises a sample container (12) releasably received in a container-mounting member (10) which comprises a spillage containment vessel (20). The sample container (12) has secured to its base a socket member (36) which nests with the inner surface of the spillage containment vessel (20). Spillage detection means comprise a pair of electrical probes (42). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2182672-A (GB)
Title: Process and apparatus for continuous energy saving hop cooking
Inventor: ULLMANN PETER
IPC: C12C7/20
Filed: 1986-05-20
Abstract: A process and an apparatus are described for boiling beer wort in which incoming wort from the mashing stage is heated in a heat exchanger (1) by boiled wort leaving the apparatus through a second pressure reducer (7). The wort is heated still further in vessels (2 and 3) by steam from first and second pressure reducers (6 and 7) and finally it is heated by fresh steam in a pressure vessel (4) to 120 DEG to 125 DEG  where it is kept for 1 DIVIDED 2 to 2 minutes. It is then fed through a series of pressure reducers; in the illustrated embodiment two reducers (6 and 7) are shown and in the penultimate reducer (6) the wort is kept for 20 to 40 minutes. The process of the present invention provides saving in heat as compared to traditional and more modern hop cooking processes. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177830-A (GB)
Title: Method and apparatus for data processing and word processing in chinese using a phonetic chinese language
Inventor: YEH VICTOR CHANG-MING
IPC: G06F17/28
Filed: 1986-06-13
Abstract: A method and apparatus for data processing and word processing in the Chinese language are disclosed. A Phonetic Chinese Language (PCL) is defined in which any ideogram can be unambiguously represented by a Phonetic Chinese Word (PCW) no more than four characters in length, each word being composed of letters selected from a defined set of letters that can each be uniquely represented by a 7-bit digital code. Each PCW represents one and only one ideogram and provides the full sound and tone information required to pronounce it. Ambiguities caused by homonyms and homotones are avoided. PCL words are translated into their corresponding ideograms and vice versa by means of a stored monosyllabic dictionary. A method for unambiguously separating a polysyllabic PCL character string into separate words is also provided, which makes it unnecessary to employ a polysyllabic dictionary. Also disclosed is a method of forming an alphagrammic listing from PCL character strings by separating the strings into separate characters and listing them in alphabetical order, provided that homotones and identical ideograms are grouped together even if strict alphabetical ordering of the string would have separated them. A keyboard adapted for efficiently entering PCL characters for processing is also disclosed (Fig. 10).
Patent GB-2181576-A (GB)
Title: Interruption-free power supply arrangement
Inventor: BLASER REINHARD
IPC: H02J9/06
Filed: 1986-10-13
Abstract: A load 12 is normally connected to an A.C. supply 13, 14 via a switch 11 which then also connects the primary winding 4 of a transformer 1 to the supply for charging of a battery 6 via a secondary winding 3 and a rectifier 5. The charging voltage is controlled by means of a comparator 27 which compares the battery voltage with a reference to thereby supply pulse width modulated signals to a control winding 2 which controls the coupling between windings 4 and 3. The rectifier 5 comprises a diode bridge with each diode shunted by a respective transistor 18 to 21, the transistor being turned on at the peak of the A.C. supply. If the mains supply fails, the rectifier 5 acts as an inverter to supply A.C. to the load 12 and the load voltage is controlled by the control winding 2 which is energised in dependence on a comparison by comparator 27 of the load voltage with the reference voltage. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2185284-A (GB)
Title: Self-closing gate
Inventor: BRYDON LEONARD JAMES
IPC: E05F1/04
Filed: 1986-12-17
Abstract: A gate (10) is hinged to a gatepost (12) which has extending therefrom an arcurate descending pathway (22) for a roller (24) on the gate. The pathway has depressions (26, 28), notches or the like at or near it stop and its bottom to retain the roller. The top depression is to hold the roller and gate when the gate is open. The released roller descends the pathway under gravity as the gates closes, the bottom depression retaining the roller and gate when the gate is closed. <IMAGE>